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adapalmer@wandering.shop ("Ada Palmer") wrote:
Matter Industries says its washing-machine filter can capture 97% of microfibres before they enter waterways, trapping about one gram of fibre waste per wash. The Bristol company’s technology is now available in more than 30 European markets and the UK, with Bosch and Siemens integrating it into appliances, while industrial pilots in Portugal, Egypt and Bangladesh target textile factories discharging fibre waste into rivers. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/13/you-have-to-be-where-the-pollution-is-the-inventor-hoping-to-fix-your-washing-machine-to-stop-microplastics
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